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single authority, such steps in thej
dark and squeamish buck-passing
as tinctured these recent episodes
would be done away with. Further-
more, and of greater importance,
any necessary law-enforcing could
be accomplished quie t1y, with
greater efficiency, and for more ob-
vious reasons. At other universities,
student riots or other disorderli-
ness, and even charges for felonies
are handled from the beginning by
college and town authorities work-
ing hand in hand, with such appar-
ent mutual advantagesastwould
make its immediate operation at
Ann Arbor less embarrassing to the
personal feelings of the gentlemen
concerned as well as less harmful
to the University's reputation.
THE LAME-DUCK AMENDMENT
After having held up for two
years the Norris resolution, provid-
ing for the elimination of the noted
"lame-duck" session of Congress,
Speaker Nicholas Longworth re-
cently forsook the chair in the
House of Representatives and, with
the addition of one amendment,.led
the fight for the adoption of the
resolution. It was finally acted on'
favorably, receiving the necessary
two-thirds majority.
The "lame-duck" session has
been a thorn in the side of the gov-
ernment for many years. A newly-
elected Congress, unless called in
special session, waits thirteen
months after its election to take
office. By that time, the office-
holders, who have in all probability
not even been near Washington,
start to worry about reelection, and
the task of guiding the government
falls on the shoulders of a few. In
the case of a disputed presidential
election, the old Congress decides
which man is properly elected,
which decision, if the incoming
Congress is radically different in
party composition from the old one.
does not actually express the senti-
ment of the voters. Senator Norris
two years ago offered the resolu-
tion providing for a session begin-
ning January 4 following the elec-
tions and moving the date of presi-
dential inauguration to January 24,
in order to give Congress time to
count the ballots. It was, however,
impossible to bring the bill before
the House until recently, when
Longworth announced he would
fight for its passage if an amend-
ment, limiting the session to May
4th, were adopted. Opponents to
the amendment stated that Long-
worth was showing to the world
that Congress was afraid of itself,
since the object was to prevent
perpetual sessions. Perhaps he
might better have said that a few
intelligent men were foresighte
enoughto perceive that quite a few
, stubborn gentlemen would use an
indefinite session as a means to
obtain their ends by refusing to
agree to adjournment; in other
words, the well-known filibuster.
The bill is at present in conference,
and Senator Norris also opposes the
amendment. There can be no logi-
cal reason why the session should
not be limited, inasmuch as the
president is empowered to call a
special session if he so chooses.
And Senator Norris, who claims to
have the welfare of the American
people so at heart, should certainly
be willing to concede the House
that point in order to do away
with the main evil. Furthermore,
as Longworth pointed out, every
other term there will be conven-
tions, which most members will at-
tend, and it will be necessary for
them to recuperate from the ardu-
ous duties at Washington before
entering upon the more strenuous
ones of nominating a President and
vice-president.
As soon as the compromise reso-
lution, which is apparently forth-
coming from the conference, is
voted upon, the bill will be submit-
ted to the state legislatures for
ratification, this method being
especially set forth in the articles.
Thirty-eight legislatures should be
in session now, with two more hold-
ing sessions after June. Four have
already concluded their sessions,
while four will convene next year.
With no apparent good reason for,
opposition to the bill, it would not
be considered miraculous should
the amendment receive the neces-
sary thirty-six ratifications this
year. As it is, seven years are al-
lowed for ratification, and this
must be accomplished as soon as
possible for the most efficient gov-
ernmental administration.
Count Keyserling, who o n c e
crossed the continent in a Pullman
drawing room and wrote up the
American destiny. says that 50
MUSIC AND DRAM
"THE STRAIT-JACKET"
The integrity of Prof. Brumm's
play-its consistent thoughtfulness
and daring faith in the validity of
its dramatic pattern, so thoroughly
gloomy as to defy "theatre" in its
more obvious connotations - was
enough to make Comedy Club's sec-
ond production the most distinctive
student production so far this year.
There were other points of appeal
too, First, the obvious relevance of
the drama's material to the audi-
ence which is to see it. And then,
on the side of production, the pre-
sentation to the student actors of
sufficiently difficult demands to
mean achievement even in partial
failure (pleasantly contradictory to
the too prevailing choice of plays
where even complete success is a
matter of indifference). The seri-
ousness of the whole evening was
a relief and Comedy Club deserves
commendation for its "courage" in
seriousness.
Prof. Brumm's play represents so
thorough and intelligent an assimi-
lation of Ibsen's innovations in psy-
chological realism and dramatic
construction, for the expression of
contemporary material which ob-
viously required their use, that he
owes no apologies to Ibsen. His
drama, by establishing the contem-
poraneity of Ibsen's method, is
rather a tribute. It is a very sound
study of a man who knows the
torture of possessing ideals while
lacking the courage and the inner
power to realize in terms of action
and expression their consequences
and eternal efficacy: an internal
drama very cleverly externalized in
the man's relations to and deen-
dence on two in'telligently "typical"
women.
A possible flaw in the play oc-
:urred to me. Peter Sneling is ob-
viously not intended as a tragic
protagonist in Aristotelian terms
(his particular weakness, cowardice,
being too fundamental for that).
Yet it seems at least plausible that
knowledge of how fundamental and
complete his cQwardice is should be
kept from the audience a little
longer than the play does. Before
the end of the first act it seemed
clear to me that, granted Peter as
he was, the solution his wife had
forced on him (despite the equivo-
cations, compromises and false
sense of security and significance
involved in the academic life) was
the correct and intelligent solu-
tion for him. Had this perception
been kept from us a little longer
we would have viewed Peter's sec-
ond act achievements with more
hope and interest, and less feeling
of their futility. I am suggesting
the possibility that Prof. Brumm
answered his drama's question a
little too soon and that our interest
(except the inevitable scientific in-
terest in watching the consequences
of a situation) dropped a little as
a result.
As I have suggested, the three
students taking the leading parts
had some of the most difficult
problems of acting set for them
They had to reveal psychological
conflict. They had to convey the
sense that here are characters
thinking about themselves: think-
ing that doesn't completely trans-
late itself into their words (which
are rather attempts to release the
conflict) or into their actions
(which rather reveal the perplexity
of the psychological conflict than
tell its nature). Only the more in-
THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS:
by Catherine Carswell: liarcourt
Brace and Company: Review
Copy Courtesy Slater's Book Store
Robert Burns, more than any
poet, deserves the title "bard." In
him were compounded by a curious
mixture of circumstance and na-
tural force, all the romantic ele-
ments with which poets in general
are endowed by their more injudi-
cious admirers (in Burns' case
greatly in the majority). Because
of a distrust growing out of this
perhaps, and because of the more
positively earthly qualities of the
poet (see the Court of Equity) he
has suffered a great neglect. It is
a neglect surely unmerited, for
aside from the intrinsic qualities of
the verse, he had great influence on
the romantic movement in English
poetry. Mrs. Carswell's biography
is in fact the first of the century.
That it does not at a stroke cover
the field of biography and criticism
is evident. It does not try to. Like
her subject, Mrs. Carswell wrote
more for love than for approval-
She is a countryman of the poC
related to him not only througha
barren inteilectual interest but
through personal ties as well. She
i must however avoid any hint at
prejudice on either side. She must
possess, in spite of her interest, a
scientific attitude. And she must,
since she was in a position to, give
voice to the emotions that moved
Burns and in so doing correct many
misapprehensions about him. But
'as an up-to-date Burns worshipper,
she undertook the perilous passage.'
She did. And after reading her
book, one is thankful.
Her task of finding a common
denominator for Burns' vagaries, a
direction for his life, was no easy
one. She found one which serves
admirably. Iler evidence lends it
accuracy and her reasoning power.
If it is incorrect it remains for
future commentators to correct it.
Succeeding in that she will have
rendered great service in awaken-
ing interest.. For Burns deserves it.
I Mrs. Carswell writes "that no hon-
est man lives in vain, was his creed;
'never, never to despair,' his motto;
to 'build resolve on reason,' his
touching endeavour.-In a life long
crucifixion, Burns summed up what
the common poor~ man feels in
wideiy severed moments of exhalta-
tion, insight and desperation." But
w hen Burns died he did not bless
the populace; he cursed his tailor.
That was the kind of man he was,
and that is why his biographer is
faced with such a difficult task of
zreconciliation. But "a man's a man
for a' that"
It is unortunate perhaps that
there is no attempt at a critical
estimate of the poetry. So little is
written about Burns, and his verse
is so delightful that one bewails
every lost opportunity. However, the
biography does do o u t s t a n d i n g
service to the work in one way at
least. Al Robert's poems, with the
exception of the songs for the
"Museum," are opportunist poems,
conversant with every little inci-
dent in his life, on the women he
knew, on the experiences he suf-
fered, on the views he held. Con-
sequently it is absolutely essential,
if one wishes to get more than a
pure musical delight from the
poems, to know the life. And this
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FRIDAYS FEBRUARY 27, 1931
Night Editor-CARL S. FORSYTHE
COLLEGE AND TOWN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
Enough of the furore and hys-
teria accompanying the recent li-
quor fiasco has died down to per-
mit a consideration of some practi-
cal lessons and inferences to be
drawn from the disastrous andI
somewhat shady events of the past
fortnight. Any attempt definitely
to fix responsibility for the raids
is frustrated by the maze of ubiqui-
tous, buck-passing and sweating
manoeuvers of the city officials and
University administration alike to
avoid that interesting, but ticklish
issue. On the one hand, city offi-
cials with unanimity not only re-t
fused to admit authority for the
hastily organized liquor squad's
rashness, but even proclaimed their
ignorance of its actions. On the
other side, the University authori-
ties have been downright secretive
about their possible part in the
affair. Charon himself could not
fathom the opaque waters sur-
rounding the responsibility for
making the raids upon the five
houses, for all of the obvious sub-
terfuge.
Equally obvious is the fact that
the University as a whole, not the
implicated students or administra-
tion alone, stands to suffer vitally
from such chequered incidents in
its history. Exploited alike by a
distortionate press catering to a
sensation-loving public and by a
popular stigma which too easily at-
taches itself to an institu'tion's rep-
utation for even the slightest trans-
gressions of its students, the Uni-
versity now finds that a lot of yel-
low print now conceals the true
conservatism and essential decency
of its student body.
But if these liquor raids have
disclosed any result, it is the lack
of proper harmony and coopera-
tion between the University and
Ann Arbor authorities. Whether the
raids were made to "frame" the
University, or a set of students or1
some ' public official, their after-
math has been too costly, too deva-
stating both to college and town to
risk any repetition. While the situ-
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i definable subleties of the acting fact is one of the major arguments
technique intensely patterned into in favor of Mrs. Carswell's natural-
an expressive unity by a mature istic Burns - Carlyle's morality
understanding can solve t h e s e does not explain them, and other
problems. And I think it pertinent biographers do not attempt to. Mrs.
to say that students are too young Carswell does.
to be completely successful in this S. S. F.
sort of drama. That they are not
too young to give it effective, and, NEW POETRY ANTHOLOGY.
absolutely worthwhile, presenta- Henry Harrison, New York pub-
tion last night's success showed. (isher announces a new poetry an-
Mildred Todd gave an admirable thology. Henry Harrison publishes
performance with poise and re- poetry exclusively. This anthology
straint, almost completely expres- will be only of verse written by l
sive of her gradual change from) college students. All poetry accept-
certainty to uncertainty about the ed will be printed in the book in
vitality of what she had done to' the near future. Also there will be
her husband. Kathryn Kratz was a selection of three poems from the
similarly competent as Jane Sloan, group submitted. These three will
There was an inconsistency in her receive prizes of twenty five dollars,
conception which (since Professor fifteen dollars, and ten dollars re-
Brumm directed) is probably in the spectively. As the original an-
play. In the first two acts, Jane nouncement was made some days
was being rather melodramatic and ago, the time is rather short before
betraying violent feminine and sad- p!=blicati on. All interested should
istic instincts. This seemed the communicate with Henry Harrison,
correct conception (with possibly a publisher, at his address in New
slight over-playing) until in the York City.
last act Jane, in a long speech to
the doctor, gave a lucid rationalisa- NEW BOOKS
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